Shoe lace



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June 5, 11923.

SHOE LACE Filad May 19. 1922 ATTORNEY Patented June 5, IQZB.

UNITED STATES I Treaties PATENT @FFHCE.

LEROY F. UNNOLD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE LACE.

Application filed May 19,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEROY F. UNNoLn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements *in Shoe Laces, of WlllCh thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe-laces.

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to produce a shoe-laceand fastening means therefor with which a lace-shoe maybe easily andcomfortably laced for wear, and which gives the desired neat appearance;to produce an elastic shoe-lace having a device attached to one endthereof which may be concealed, and which is capable of temporarilyretaining the free end of the shoe-lace after the same has been passedthrough the eyelets of the shoe. With these and other objects in Viewthe invention resides in the particular provision and construction ofparts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanyindrawing, in which:

Iigure 1 is an elevation of the shoe-lace and the fastening devicetherefor of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the shoe-lace and the fastening device thereforapplied to a shoe of the hook and eye type; the lace not being appliedto the hooks; the shoe thus being in condition to be put on the foot ofthe wearer.

Figure 3 is a view similar to the view shown in Figure 2, but showingthe shoelace applied to the hooks of the shoe.

Figure 4 is a view of the fastening device detached. v

Referring 'now more particularly to the several views of the drawing, itwill be apparent that, there is provided a shoe-lace 1O composite innature in that the same com prises a rubber element 11 and a webcovering 12 which surrounds the rubber element 11. One end .of theshoe-lace 10 has a tip 13 of any desirableform.

In order that the shoe-lace 10 may be interlaced in the eyelets of thetype of shoe 14, and further, in order that the ends of the shoe-lacemay be fastened together with the shoe-lace applied to the shoe, thereis provided a fastening device 15.

The fastening device 15 consists of a single piece of metal stamped outtoprovide a part 16 and a part'l7, The part 17 1922. Serial No. 562,178.

has small burrs 18. .The part 16 has a plu rality of apertures 19therein, which provide a portion 20 therebetween. The fastemng device 15ispermanently attached to the shoe-lace 10 by rolling the part 17 aboutthe end of the shoe-lace without the tip. The burrs will be impaled inthe shoe-lace end and in that way the attachment will be made effectual.With the fastening device 15 so attached to the shoe-lace 10 the same isready for use. The shoe-lace be; ginning for instance with the lowerleft eyelet is passed outwardly therethrough, then over to the adjacentlower eyelet, then inwardly and across to the next uppermost eyelet, andso forth, after which the end is returned to the device and is passedthrough one of the apertures 19, over the portion 20, and finallythrough the other aperture 19. This latter passing of the shoe-lace endthrough the apertures 19 and over the portion 20 temporarily retains thesame against slipping. Thus a temporary attachment of the free end ofthe shoe-lace to the fastening device 15 is elected. It should now bemanifest that, inasmuch as the shoe-lace 10 is elastic, the shoe may bereadily slipped on the foot, after which the shoe-lace maybe drawn upfor application to the hooks of the shoe. In a low shoe having merelythe eyelets a comparatively short shoe-lace may be used which willpermit the foot to be easily inserted in the shoe,

and which shoe-lace will then adjust itself owing to its elastic nature,to draw the lapels together about the foot in yielding relation thereto.And so it' is with the hook and eyelets type of high shoe; the shoeupper is in yielding relation to the foot.

From-the foregoing, it will be manifest that, in the use of a shoe-laceand fastening means therefor of the present invention, a

shoe may be readily put on the foot and removed therefrom; thelyieldingaction derived afi'ords comfort to the wearer; and the appearance willbe a neat one.

What is claimed is:

1.v For a lace-shoe, an elastic lace, and a device at one end of saidlace having an attaching part which grips the lace and lace crimpingmeans for, the securement of the free end of the lace to said device.

2. For a lace-shoe, an elastic lace, and a device attached to one end ofsaid lace, said device embodying attaching means and an apertured partin the apertures of which the opposite free end of the lace is passed tosecure the same to the device.

3. For a shoe-lace, a fastening device comprising means for efl'ectingthe permanent attachment of one end of the shoelace thereto, and meansfor effecting the temporary attachment of the opposite end to thedevice.

4. For a shoe-lace, a fastening device comprising-a part having burrs,which part is capable ofbeing rolled about one end of the shoe-lace withthe burrs impaled in the shoe lace end, and means for efl'ecting theaeaoee q temporary attachment of the opposite end ofthe shoe-lace to thedevice. V

5. For a shoe-lace, a, fastening device comprising a part having burrs,which part is capable of being rolled about one end of the shoe-lacewith the burrs impaled in the shoe-lace end, and an apertured art in theapertures of which the opposite free end 0 the shoe-lace is passed totemporarily attach device.

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix my signature. 4 LEROY F. UNNOLD.

the said end of th shoe-lace to said

